Ecclesiastes 8:4
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
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Gill's Exposition
Where the word of a king is, there is power,.... Or "dominion" (z). Authority goes along with his word of command; and there is an inferior magistracy, a subordinate power under him, ready to execute…
Here is, I. An encomium of wisdom (Ecc 8:1), that is, of true piety, guided in all its exercises by prudence and discretion. The wise man is the good man, that knows God and glorifies him, knows…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Where the word of a king is, there is power Better, Forasmuch as the word of a king is power, or rather authority. The latter word in the Hebrew text is used in Chaldee as meaning a ruler, or…
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